...but do I need it???

[la_corsetiere]

Pearl of Allah's little brother...

http://cgi.ebay.com/GIGANTIC-Baroqu...tem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2ead04ebe9

 

[Nerida]

Sheri, you may not need it, but it may need you??

 

[pattye]

Much, much prettier than Pearl of Allah, and less expensive to purchase!

 

[SteveM]

Sheri, you could and should make that into one heck of an enhancer. I just wonder how large the bead is. But even if it's 20mm, that's still a ton of nacre.

This monster and the keshi-beaded SS pearls also from the Moluccas got me browsing this purveyor's site for the first time in a while. Timing is everything, just the other day my wife was telling me she was missing a white bracelet and since we don't have P. Radiata among our naturals I offered and acquired this (perhaps excessively) delicate piece, 66 pearls totaling 12.63 carats.

Caitlin: These are our first Persian Gulf pearls. I feel like I've joined some sort of club?

 

[GemGeek]

Very dainty indeed! My first thought was "Wow, what a giant clasp!".

 

[Caitlin]

That's a bracelet?

Welcome to the club - the luster on those is spectacular. Can you share where you acquired them?

Almudena, in my creative Spanish I say, "Uselas en buen salud"

 

[GemGeek]

If you look at the last photo with the dime, you can see that this would make a great bird pendant. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180490546048&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

 

[GemGeek]

Actually, I think this photo planted the seed and it's a dream.

 

[SteveM]

That's a bracelet?

Welcome to the club - the luster on those is spectacular. Can you share where you acquired them?

Almudena, in my creative Spanish I say, "Uselas en buen salud"

Caitlin, I'll present your post to her with the bracelet. Amazing, it does look like a strand without knowledge of the proportions. Center pearl is just under 5mm. It's a new piece made by Agustus Collection from pearls found by free divers over a period of 'many years.' Certified by the Gem & Pearl Testing Laboratory of Bahrain. Agustus had been offering it since early March, I guess the small pearl size put off most folks but we'll be glad to have it.

After all, we are familiar with small (pipi) pearls?

 

[Caitlin]

Is that another pearl from the Paspaley vault?

You are right. The birdie with the gold head. and only $62 for a 15mm+........

 

[Mikeyy]

I say buy it. It's only money.

 

[SteveM]

I say buy it. It's only money.

And it's not earning anything in the bank, and the stock market is a roll of the dice. Pearls, or?for the less romantic?precious metals (or a combination of the two!). I don't think that pearl is overpriced but a lower offer might be in order considering the times. Would love to see what you might do with it.

 

[Caitlin]

It would look great with a CliClasp!! I don't think the birdiness of it all needs any enhancing.

I hope someone else buys it, it is not on my list.